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Submitted to Contest #313
The ground pulled at me then. Gravity clutched my chest and gut center mass, as my feet rooted to the Earth. New knowledge was a massive weight, crushing my frame like a suit of sandbags. It buried my foundation, lifelong rules obliterated instantly. Muscle and bone were transmuted to lead by this unexpected perspective change, and I vacillated between fight or flight. I could see no way to do either in this new version of the world. Forcing action in my stiff neck, I turned my head; keeping the motion slow, nearly undetectable, as I again s...
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